India, March 4 -- The Delhi high court on Tuesday granted bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar, one of the co-accused in the Sagar Dhankar murder case.

A bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula directed Kumar's release on bail, subject to furnishing bail bonds of Rs.50,000 with two sureties, taking into consideration the period of custody and slow pace of trial.

Kumar had approached the Delhi high court against the city court's July 2024 order rejecting his bail.

In his petition before the high court, argued by advocate RS Malik, Kumar had submitted that he had been in jail for 3.5 years and there was no likelihood for the trial to conclude in near future since the prosecution had only examined 31 out of 222 witnesses.

The plea added that th...